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Universal Chat Application, Beeper, Will Be Available To Everyone (For Free) In A Matter Of Weeks. (blog.beeper.com)
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I was on the beta testing team and have been using Beeper for a little over two years now.

The convenience of having an application to house all of your chat networks is amazing.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (8 children)

The EU is forcing the big chat companies to open their gates. They have until April of next year to comply, so we might see a common protocol for chat pretty soon

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    This one I hadn't heard about until now, do you have a link to some more information?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Digital market act https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en

    Chat apps are only part of it. It will force iOS and android to offer competing app market too.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Can you explain how this affects chat apps? What do they need to implement?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They need to be interoperable. For example if you're on Signal but want to chat with your parents who are on FB Messenger, then you would be able to chat to them via Signal.

    You can envision each chat apps as different instances and these communicate to eachother with a common protocol, just like ActivityPub in Lemmy.

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